Print Software
This section of WhatTheyThink aggregates all of the news, educational content, and analysis about the software that drives print businesses, from order entry through shipping and invoicing. It is combined in a single area so that our members and the industry as a whole can go to a single place to learn how software is changing the business of print and gain actionable ideas on how they may apply new solutions to their own business problems.
Commentary & Analysis
Software Success: Equal Parts Strategy and Execution
Replace Training & Support with Learning
Print MIS Data Integrity Matters
The Color Challenge and How to Solve it
Buying a New Print MIS is Not Your First Step
Can Measuring OEE Improve Your Productivity?
It’s the Technology Laggards That Cost You the Most
Print Business Front Office Modernization: Part 5—Payment
Print Business Front Office Modernization: Part 4—Artwork
Print Business Front Office Modernization: Part 3—Orders
Three Buyer and Seller Rules: Feedback Worth Sharing on Selling Your Software!
The Job’s Not Finished ’til It’s Finished and Out the Door
Print Business Front Office Modernization: Part 2—Prospects and Customers
News
Catapult Print Signs Multi-Year Contract Renewal for Bellissima
Announcing Datalogics Cloud On Zapier And Amazon Web Services
Performance Advisor Technology from Heidelberg Automates Process Consulting
New Color-Logic Website Feature Compares Printed Designs With and Without Metallic Embellishments
Ultimate Impostrip® Cloud Connector Now Available on Zaikio App Store
OPA App Available at IOS and Google Play Store
ICScolor to Feature Digital Color Proofing at FTA FORUM 2021
Canon U.S.A., Inc. Introduces New High-Performance Print Server: PRISMAsync Mark 8
Product Spotlight
Web-to-Print Product Spotlight: Propago
Most web-to-print software solutions are built inside software companies. Propago was built inside a large commercial printer. This is a unique origin story for a software platform and it tells us a lot about how and why features made it into the Propago product. Print Software Section Editor Jennifer Matt takes a close look at Propago's web-to-print solution.
Video
Kasper Tomshoj on PrintVis’s Partnership with Kodak
Published: December 18, 2020
David Zwang talks to Kasper Tomshoj, CEO of PrintVis, about the company’s almost 25-year history as an MIS provider for the printing and packaging industry. PrintVis recently teamed up with Kodak as an implementation partner as part of PRINERGY On Demand Business Solutions. Watch Video
Adobe's Mike Scrutton Discusses Print Redefined
Published: December 17, 2020
Ever since Gutenberg, print and its uses have continued to evolve. That's true today as well, and that evolution has likely been accelerated by the pandemic. Hear what Adobe's Mike Scrutton, Director of Print Technology and Strategy, has to say about where we are with print today, where it's going, and how printing companies can take advantage of new opportunities offered by this continuing evolution. Watch Video
Todd Bigger on PRINERGY On Demand Business Solutions: “Not Your Father’s PRINERGY”
Published: December 17, 2020
Todd Bigger, VP of Software and Services for Kodak, talks to David Zwang about the new iteration of PRINERGY On Demand. Back in May, Kodak moved moved PRINERGY into the cloud with PRINERGY On Demand and this Fall, Kodak is launching PRINERGY On Demand Business Solutions, a fully integrated and managed end-to-end software platform for all printers of any size and any segment that aims to eliminate the need for multiple standalone software products from different suppliers. Watch Video
Global Graphics Goes Full Speed Ahead with New Guide to Making Variable-Data PDFs
Published: June 1, 2020
Martin Bailey, CTO of Global Graphics Software, talks with David Zwang about “Full Speed Ahead,” a new guide that helps people make PDF files for variable-data printing more efficiently, especially as VDP is taking off in new markets and applications, such as labels and packaging. Watch Video
The Added Value of Web-to-Print
Published: February 11, 2020
Greg Salzman, President of Aleyant Systems, talks to David Zwang about the value that a web-to-print/online ordering portal beings to a print business. Not only does it make it convenient for customers to place orders at any time, it also frees up resources within the print business, as it doesn’t require the involvement of sales or customer service reps, or even estimators. Watch Video
Get It Now Print Streamlines Its Workflow
Published: January 20, 2020
From 20 jobs per day to 100, Get It Now Print has increased production and their customer base with the help of EFI’s Fiery Workflow solution. Simple, efficient, and agile, Fiery automation can help your print business get more work out the door. Watch Video
drupa Preview: Front-End Trends
Published: January 9, 2020
Wim Fransen, General Manager of Enfocus, talks to David Zwang about some of the major trends he has been seeing as we head toward drupa, including the emergence of faster technologies, the need to handle shorter job runs with faster turnaround times, and new front-end solutions that bridge the gap between job entry, MIS, and prepress. Watch Video
CapStone’s AutoViri Automates Mailing
Published: December 5, 2019
Troy Power, cofounder of CapStone Technologies, talks about the company’s Red Hot Technology Award-winning AutoViri robotic solutions for automating mailing workflows. AutoViri helps connect the physical workflow to the digital workflow—and can save customers money on mailing costs by being plugged into the latest USPS regulations. Watch Video
Software Section Editor
Jennifer Matt
An industry expert focusing on how software continues to impact the business of print.
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